The lead up to Christmas is always exciting but instead of winding down it is easy to get caught up in the chaotic rush. With your phone a buzz with festive well-wishers, a constant stream of work emails and the pressure of Christmas shopping, it can be overwhelming. To ensure you switch off and find time away from the madness December brings, LateRooms.com has pulled…

Having finally had some time to myself this week, I did a little online browsing to see if there was anything I could share with my parents as things I’d like for my birthday next weekend and Christmas the following week and I came across Garment Quarter where I found a good few items! Garmet Quarter fuses New York’s “Garment” District, and Manchester’s Northern “Quarter” with…

This time of year is always difficult when it comes to keeping in shape. Well, at least, I think it is, anyway. Due to the cold weather, we tend to cut back on how often we’re exercising, and thanks to all the delicious food that’s about, we also gain a few pounds. Lack of exercise combined with lots of tasty foods is a recipe for…

Have you been keeping fit through-out 2015? Held strong against the temptations of binge eating Big Macs on the sofa? If so, then congratulations, but don’t get celebrating just yet because the hardest part is coming. Over the festive season, the thought of letting loose after a hard year’s work reducing your waistline and getting healthy can be all too tempting, but this is a…

As our Nightmare Before Christmas Christmas Tree picked up a fair amount of interest on Social Media we thought we would do a video to show you it in detail, to explain where the idea came from, where we bought all the items from and how much it cost us! It was far from cheap!! Please do let us know what you think!…

Forget Shoreditch, Soho and Hoxton; the suburbs of London are the hottest places to stay right now, according to latest visitor data from LateRooms.com. Over the past three years, hotel bookings for properties on the outskirts of London have boomed, with people willing to travel into the centre of town while on a leisure trip and opting for cheaper alternatives to central London hotels. The…

  Those of us who live in cooler climes soon forget all about summer heat. We love the idea of heading out to hot and even humid places. But when we get there sometimes we struggle to adjust and at other times it all gets too much. So here are some handy hints for keeping cool whether you are in Singapore or Sydney, India or…

Not so long ago at the Yelp Mulled Wine Festival we tried Mulled Cider and instantly fell in love so we decided to make our own! Here’s how we did it: What you’ll need: 1 litre of  Scrumpy Cloudy Cider Half litre of ginger beer 1 orange Handful of cloves Couple of cinnamon sticks Splash of maple syrup Spiced rum What you’ll need to do:…